Galashiels and District (ward)

Galashiels and District is one of the eleven wards used to elect members of the Scottish Borders Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Sandy Aitchison
(Borders Party
/Ind.)		 John Mitchell
(SNP)		 Fiona Lackenby
(Conservative)		 Jim Hume
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Bill Herd
(SNP)		 Bill White
(Ind.)
2017 Andy Anderson
(SNP)		 Euan Jardine
(Conservative)		 Harry Scott
(Ind.)
2022 Neil MacKinnon
(Green)		 Fay Sinclair
(SNP)		 Hannah Steel
(Liberal Democrats)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Scottish Borders Council election[2]

Galashiels and District - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Fay Sinclair 35.9% 1,637              
Conservative Euan Jardine (incumbent) 26.4% 1,205              
Liberal Democrats Hannah Steel 10.6% 483 581.8 658.6 662.8 667.1 697.1 777.4 995.6
Scottish Green Neil MacKinnon 9.0% 412 786.2 796.7 809.9 814.8 855.9 889.8 984.4
Independent Bill White 6.9% 315 364.6 415.9 416.2 426.6 509 706.3  
Independent Harry Redpath Scott (incumbent) 5.4% 246 272.6 314.6 318.8 321.3 398.6    
Independent Duck Frater 4.4% 199 230 252.6 257.5 272.5      
Vanguard Party championing Galashiels Michael Banks 0.8% 36 43.5 47.9 49.8        
Scottish Eco-Federalist Party (SEFP) James D W Clark 0.5% 24 30.2 32.9          
Electorate: 11,639   Valid: 4,557   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 912   Turnout: 4,600 (39.5%)  

    2017 Election

    2017 Scottish Borders Council election[3]

    Galashiels and District - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Conservative Euan Jardine 28.5% 1,292            
    SNP Andy Anderson 20% 907            
    Independent Sandy Aitchison (incumbent) 11.9% 539 612.9 640.3 732.4 916.2    
    Independent Harry Scott 10.1% 460 517.8 532.4 592.4 753.1 757 988.3
    SNP John Mitchell (incumbent) 11.5% 523 530.4 558.9 597.7 647.3    
    Independent Bill White (incumbent) 8.7% 396 441.3 462.1 522      
    Liberal Democrats Caledonia Bhatia 5.5% 249 316 369.2        
    Labour David Sharp 3.7% 167 188.5          
    Electorate: 10,980 (Est.)   Valid: 4,533   Spoilt: 66   Quota: 907   Turnout: 4,599 (41.9%)  

      2012 Election

      2012 Scottish Borders Council election[4]

      Galashiels and District - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Borders Sandy Aitchison (incumbent) 22.45 822          
      SNP Bill Herd * 20.95 766          
      Independent Bill White 13.69 501 522.9 524.6 590.6 701 894.8
      SNP John Mitchell (incumbent) 13.45 492 506 532.5 593.5 639.9 762
      Liberal Democrats Rick Kenney 11.40 417 432.9 434.8 490.3 609.4  
      Conservative Fiona Lackenby (incumbent) 10.56 386 402.5 403.2 409.6    
      Labour Robbie Tatler 7.47 273 280.8 281.7      
      Electorate: 10,813   Valid: 3,657   Spoilt: 69   Quota: 732   Turnout: 3,726 (33.82%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 Scottish Borders Council election[5]

        Scottish Borders council election, 2007: Galashiels and District
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP John Mitchell 1,519 28.2 1 1
        Liberal Democrats Jim Hume 1,466 27.2 2 1
        Conservative Fiona Lackenby 735 13.6 4 6
        Borders Party Sandy Aitchison 693 12.9 3 6
        Independent Bill White 453 8.4
        Solidarity Graeme McIver 210 3.9
        Independent David Smail 173 3.2
        Independent Alistair Lings 136 2.5

        References
        1. "Ward overviews". Scottish Borders Council.
        2. "Local Government Election Information". Scottish Borders Council.
        3. "Local Government Election 2017 results". The City of Edinburgh Council.
        4. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2012 - Scottish Borders". www.andrewteale.me.uk.
        5. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - Scottish Borders". www.andrewteale.me.uk.


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